Subject: RE: FOIA/Legal
From: "Virginia Verdeja" <[email-masked]>
To: "Singham, Shanker A." <[email-masked]>, "Jitendra Tomar" <[email-masked]>, "Maiwurm, James J." <[email-masked]>, "Hilary Rosen" <[email-masked]>, "Alex Slater" <[email-masked]>, "Lehman, Robert D." <[email-masked]>, "Woolfolk, Brian P." <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:32:06 -0400

Shanker and all,

I'm puzzled by your last sentence.  Also I just spoke with Josu and we
are not sure why the FOIA request now.  Also we need a budget for this
task including review of documentation provided by FTA.  Josu, Tomar and
I think we have written enough legal letters for now.  If we are not
successful, we will get into litigation as a second phase.  

What we really need to do is reach the right people in Houston and
Washington.  In Houston, either the Mayor needs to understand the
implications of her actions and make a move or the previous
administration, which is looking like a bunch of crooks, needs to make
noise.  We either have access or not and if we don't we need to get
people that do have it.  

Except meeting with FTA, it does not seem like we are making a lot of
progress.  Please consider all the avenues available to you and let us
know if there is anything else we should be doing.  I understand, for
now, we have not made any direct contact with members of the
Congressional delegation and we have been working on that since Tuesday.
Please let me know if we are wrong.  Our management is growing impatient
since they believe we have the best team and cannot see we are moving
forward.  Maybe there isn't much hope but at least there should be
movement in the background.

Regards,

Virginia

 

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From: Singham, Shanker A. [mailto:[email-masked]] 
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 3:33 PM
To: Virginia Verdeja; Jitendra Tomar; Maiwurm, James J.; Brown, Amy L.;
Sohar Henter, Christine J.
Subject: FOIA/Legal

Virginia: Jim and I just spoke - I am out in Tampa with a client, but he
and I will be together in Orlando tomorrow.  We both think that it is
very important that we get the FOIA request out to FTA either today or
tomorrow at the latest. The only amendment I have to the document sent
this am is to also direct it to rogoff and carter.

On the legal options, we will send you a note about our various options.
We have to be careful about filing cases/press conferences because of
the risks in the contract.

S